skag jones and scag jonesn. an addic-
tion to heroin. (Drugs. Here jones is a
“thing.”) It’s the scag jones that’s got her
down. She has a serious skag jones.
skank and scank[skANk] 1. n. an ugly
(young) woman. (Collegiate.) What a
skank she is! Give her a comb or something.
Look at her! Is she a skank or what? 2.
in. to appear ugly. My face is skanking
like mad. Must be the zits. Both sisters
skank. Must be hereditary.
skanky[“skANki] mod. ugly; repellent, usu-
ally said of a woman. (Collegiate.) She
is so skanky! That grody hairdo doesn’t
help either. What’s wrong with being a
little skanky? It’s what you can do with
your brain that counts. She’s skanky,
nonetheless.
skanless and scanlessmod. scandalous.
(Eye-dialect.) Who did that? That skan-
less! Just skanless.
skat[skAt] n. beer. How about some skat,
chum? You got any pretzels to go with
the skat?
skate 1. n. a drinking bout. He’s off on
another three-day skate. Jerry hopes
that this will be his last skate. He wants to
dry out for good. 2. n. a drunkard; a per-
son on a drinking spree. Jerry’s a skate
and he knows it. A couple of skates cel-
ebrating the new year ran into my car. 3.
n. something really easy. The test was
a skate! Don’t sweat the game. It’ll be a
skate. 4. in. to get drunk. Jerry’s skat-
ing again. It’s his whole life. Let’s go out
and skate, okay?
skatingmod. drug intoxicated. He’s high
all right—I’d say he’s skating. He took
some wicked pills and is totally skating.
skedaddle[sk@”dAdl] in. to get out; to leave
in a hurry. (Folksy.) Go on, skedaddle!
Out! Well, I’d better skedaddle on home.
skeetn. a blob of nasal mucus. (Collegiate.
See also skeet-shooting.) God, Fred,
there’s a gross skeet hanging outa your
nose! That wasn’t stew; that was skeets!
skeeter[“skid#] n. a mosquito. (Folksy.)
A skeeter bit me on the arm. There are
a lot of skeeters out tonight.
skeet-shootingn. the act of blowing one’s
nose by pinching one nostril and using
no tissue or handkerchief. (See also
skeet.) There is nothing more disgust-
ing than a bunch of college boys belching
and skeet-shooting.
skeevy[“skivi] mod. sleazy and disgusting.
This is a skeevy joint. Let’s get out.
Your coat looks so skeevy. Is it old?
skeezer[“skiz#] n. a weird person; a geek.
(Also a term of address.) Dave is a nice
guy, but sort of a skeezer. Hey, skeezer,
get out of the way!
skid-lidn. a motorcycle helmet. The law
has no business telling me I gotta wear a
skid-lid. Don’t you use a skid-lid?
skid marksn. unclean, brownish marks on
one’s underpants. Just looking at him,
you know he’s the type who has skid marks
and enjoys popping zits. There is hardly
anything a genteel person can say about
skid marks that is acceptable in public.
skid rown. the name for a place populated
with ruined alcoholics and other down-
and-out people. I don’t want to end up
on skid row. How can I get rid of this mon-
key? Just because they’re on skid row, it
doesn’t mean they’re beyond help.
skid row bumn. a down-and-out person;
a low alcoholic beggar. Do you want
to end up a skid row bum? Even a skid
row bum has some pride.
skillion[“skIlj@n] n. an imaginary enor-
mous number. I have a skillion reasons
why I won’t marry you. About a skil-
lion people are running in the marathon.
skin 1. n. a dollar bill. This ticket cost
me a couple of skins—and it’s not worth
it. You got a skin for the tollbooth? 2.
and skinheadn. someone with a shaved
or bald head. (Some such persons may
also engage in political violence.)
Who’s the skin with the earrings? That
skinhead looks stoned. 3. tv. to cheat or
overcharge someone. The guy who sold
me this car really skinned me. We
skinned him on that stock deal.
skin a goattv. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. Ralph went out to skin a goat.skin a goat